SSB Week 9 – OLIVES
This week Jerry picked Olives as our featured ingredient for the Sunday Small Bites challenge. For me it was like getting a pass. All I had to do was go to the pantry and pull out a jar of my … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Foods That I Have Loved
SSB Week 8 – Native American/North African Pumpkin Stew
This is week eight of the SlowTrav Sunday Small Bites challenge. And it was my week to choose the featured ingredient. When I picked pumpkin, I was thinking that I’d like to do something with a Native American flavor. And … Continue reading →
SSB Week 7 – Pecan Butter & Coconut Rice Balls
This week just plain got on my nerves! Sheri picked Pecans. Sounds easy right? But not so when you are trying to make up your own original recipes AND you want to do only appetizers! Who knew that pecans could … Continue reading →
SSB Week 6 – Savory Smoked Salmon Cheesecake
This week’s recipe was a hard one to decide on. Marcia chose the ingredient Smoked Salmon — which I adore. But, I’m a purist. I love it all by itself with just a bit of dill sauce and some capers. … Continue reading →
Sunday Small Bites – Week 5 – Goat Cheese
Week Five is Goat Cheese, and I finally succumbed to a cop-out by using the main ingredient in a simple way. But, I made up for it by baking my own fennel seed crackers from scratch and caramelizing my fresh … Continue reading →
SSB – Week 4 – Whipped Avocado in Spicy Polenta Cups
This is a long post, because I really want it to be not only my SlowTalk Small Bites challenge for this week, but much more importantly, I want it to highlight this contest: O Foods Contest for Ovarian Cancer Awareness … Continue reading →
SSB Week 3 – Sun Dried Tomatoes
I was very happy with Amy’s selection of Sun-Dried Tomatoes as our feature ingredient for week three. I thought it would be a slam-dunk, because I could just post my Sun Dried Tomato Liqueur recipe. After all, I serve it … Continue reading →
SSB – Week 2 – Crab
It was Ida’s turn to pick the “featured ingredient” for our SlowTrav Small Bites challange. She chose crab. I am going to continue to try to create an original recipe for each ingredient. So here’s my effort for crab. THAI … Continue reading →
SSB – Week 1 – Shrimp
SlowTravel friends were here last week for the St. Louis GTG. Friday evening we went to a local Italian restaurant. Of course, I insisted that those who had never tasted them had to try the St. Louis tradition — “Toasted … Continue reading →
SSS Week 15 – Palma’s Tropical Rice Salad
I’m back on the SlowTrav Sunday Slow cooking track. I missed some really great salads while we were gone. I hope to catch up at some point. But, in the meantime, I couldn’t have come back to a better choice … Continue reading →